Natural World · SEASON 19
The Last Tusker
Episode 10 · 2001-01-21
- Documentary
Episode overview
A colourful feature on Sri Lanka's elephant population, focusing on one of the last wild bulls. On this Buddhist island, elephants may be sacred, but they kill over people a year, and many are shot, survivors winding up in an elephant orphanage. Fifty years ago, there were ten thousand elephants and three million people on Sri Lanka; now there are two thousand elephants and 20 million people.
Season 19 episodes
1. Otters in the Stream of Life2000-10-08
2. Camels Down Under2000-10-15
3. Deadly Vipers2000-10-22
4. The Tigers' Fortress2000-10-29
5. Big Red Roos2000-11-05
6. Killer Whales: Up Close and Personal2000-11-19
7. Madagascar: Land of Lemurs2000-11-26
8. Seychelles: Jewels of a Lost Continent2000-12-10
9. Bower Birds: The Art of Seduction2000-12-17
10. The Last Tusker2001-01-21
11. Seals: Invaders of the Sea2001-01-28
12. Killer Bees and Magic Trees2001-02-04
13. Hippo Beach2001-02-18
14. Timeless Thames2001-02-25
15. Coyote: the Ultimate Survivor?2001-03-18
16. Transylvania: Living with Predators2001-03-25
17. Danube Delta: Europe Untamed2001-04-15
18. Buffalo: The African Boss2001-07-31
